Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West
Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West
Learning Objectives
- Explain the process by which the federal government removed Native Americans to reservations between the 1860s and 1880s.
- Summarize the ways in which Native Americans resisted removal and assimilation. Explain the obstacles that tribes faced in their struggle to retain sovereignty.
- Describe the perspective of reformers who sought to promote assimilation. Explain the impact of the Dawes Act on Native Americans and its place within the larger narrative of US history.
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